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—AP takes a chance— From usually reliable Allied Preea aourcee U.S., Soviets ban Tse-Tse fly GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) — United States and Soviet disarmament experts, in an unprecedented first step toward world peace, agreed today to outlaw the use of the African Tse Tse Fly as a weapon of war. Following the signing of the monumental document, Secret ary of State Virus Trance said, “No longer will the people of the the world have to worry when they fall asleep if they will ever wake up.” The next item on the disarmament agenda is a proposal to ban the use of saccharin as a chemical warfare agent. Naudi declares hanger embargo RABDABBA, Naudi (AP) — Minister of Hangers Harook Yazoom declared today an embargo on hanger exports to the United States. Yazoom, whose country produces 80 per cent of the world’s hangers, said the embargo will continue until the United States is willing to grant "certain political concessions” to Naudi and the other members of the Organization of Hanger Exporting Coun tries (OHEC). Rednecks seize Carter home PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — A group of Georgia rednecks seized Pres. Grinny Carter’s home in Plains today and held his mother, Miss Lillian, hostage while demanding the President appoint his brother Billy ambassador to the Confederate States of America. A spokesman for the group said, “Oh hell, everybody knows Billy's a good old boy. He’s one of us.” Asked his reaction, Billy paused, while re-stocking the beer cooler in his gas station, and said, “Shucks, that sounds OK, but I’d have to find someone to run the business while I’m gone.” Singer launches anti-Gay drive MIAMI, Florida (AP) — Ineeda Bryant, singer, entertainer and former Miss America, today launched the second phase of her anti-homosexual campaign with her "Kill a Queer for Christ Crusade” here in the sunshine capital. Miss Bryant, appearing with her heterosexual husband and their three normal children, banged on a well-worn Bible and exhorted her listeners to vigilantly seek out and identify Gays. “They’re easy to spot. They never drink orange juice. Their wrists are just too limp to lift the glass,’’ she said. Actress devoured by dogs HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Actress June Lockjaw was de voured by dogs on the set of a dog food commercial yesterday The unfortunate actress was attempting to film the commer cial when six hungry dogs who were to be featured in the one minute spot attacked her and quickly ate her. The dogs were apparently not fed for two weeks. The com mercial is scheduled to be aired early in the fall. Today in History Editor's note: Because the Today in History feature has be come so popular, we 've already used all our current ones and are forced to reach into the future. Just clip this column and save it until Sunday and amaze your friends with your intimate and tri vial knowledge of history. By the first of June, we expect to be up to April 23. 1978. Today is Sunday, May 29, the 148th day of 1977. There are 216 days left in the year. So get mov ing. Don't you want to do some thing this year. Today s highlights in history: On this date in 1843, Brazilian agronomist Juan Valdez, planted the first coffee tree in South America and predicted there would always be a cheap, plentiful supply of the flavorful bean, "if we can only find a market for it.” In 1889, the US government sent the Marines to the Republic of Costa de Banana to preserve the peace and “secure American interests.” The troops’ advance into the interior was slowed as they had to hack their way through vast groves of coffee trees. In 1969, US jet warplanes cut rail lines running in three direc tions from North Vietnam's capital of Hanoi. Pres. Nixon promised a speedy end to the war. In 1977, David Frost an nounced he was cancelling the last two showings of his interviews with the former president. Frost promised a speedy end to Nixon. Thought for the day: A wet bird never flys at night — anonymous, 1836-1901. Thief favors hair dryer INTERCOURSE, Pa. (AP) — Two local businesses were robbed last night in much the same manner, according to police reports. Witnesses said a tall, middle-aged man entered the Arm and Leg grocery about 8 p.m., wielding a 2000 watt hairdryer. He then plugged it in and threatened to scald the cashier and customers if they did not turn over their money. The robber escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. In a related development, a man fitting the same description en tered the Flung Dung Far import store on the mall about 10 p.m. waving what appeared to be an auto timing gun. He relieved the cashier of $1000 and fled on foot, according to police. Police Chief Drag Nett said he was not sure if the two robberies were pulled by the same man. “There are definite similarities,” he said, however. Nett cautioned citizens to unplug the robber s machines if confronted by him. Patty, SLA seize Hearst estate SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Patty Hearst, scion of the famed newspaper dynasty, today, re joined her former Symbionese Liberation Army companions and seized the Hearst family's palatial estate. After sending her parents to their room without supper, the demure Miss Hearst, clad in a plaid jumber and shiny black Bus ter Brown shoes, shyly smiled at reporters and explained that as a recent kidnap victim she was not really responsible for her actions. She said the seizing of the es tate was “a revolutionary act sym bolizing her unity with the oppres sed people of the world.” The comely ex-coed said she would demand that her parents open a McDonald's outlet in San Francisco’s Filmore district and give out free hamburgers. The brown-eyed, auburn haired, born-again revolutionist said, with summer vacation com ing up, “I just didn’t know what I was going to do this summer. So I decided to look up some old friends and see what they were doing.” Miss Hearst, who dropped out of school at the time of her kid napping, said she planned to re enroll at the University of Califor nia at Berkeley this fall term. “I’m going to switch my major to journalism. Investigative reporting is where it’s at. I mean look at the neat jobs Susan Ford and Caroline Kennedy got,” she said. Miss Hearst said she was “truly sorry for the anguish I may have caused my family and friends” and hoped that today’s “revolutio nary gesture” wouldn’t violate the terms of her recent probation. “I’d feel just awful if I thought I’d let my family down or that nice judge. When I was growing up my folks didn’t have a lot of time to spend with me. Now with mommy and daddy locked in their room, they can spend a lot of time with me," she softly whispered. With her eyes moist with tears, Tanya, as she is known to her friends, recounted her days with the SLA. “I mean things weren’t that bad, especially after they left me have my own M-16. We were together. Do you know what it means to fi nally have a purpose in life — to have a group to belong to?” she said. Looking to the future, the brave little thing said if she isn’t able to re-enroll in school, she would like to join the Peace Corps. ‘‘Now that’s something that misfit give my life purpose. Either that or some day daddy may let me have my very own newspaper. I think I ’d like that or for Christmas I’d like...” she trailed off. | are you j i overwhelmed! j by midterms, i ! homework 5 i and i | P.O.F.C.H.*? ! | Then stop by our J j therapy center i i near 8th avenue j J and Olive Street [ ANY NIGHT! S I | ) “Plain Old-Fashioned j j Campus Homies j j Sponsored by the U of O $ i Hedonist Organization Town builds own hill FLATLANDS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's smallest city doesn’t have a hill. Jerome Clampton is going to build one. The City of Flatlands also lacks a lake. Clampton says he’s going to fix that, too. This south-central sleepy Iowa hamlet, population 637, located in the middle of the Iowa com belt, is fertile but flat. The terrain around here is mostly table-top level. The town’s elevation is 58 feet. An arrow-straight horizon stretches unbroken for miles. I mean it’s flat. Clampton, 58, a retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer, with an admitted God-complex, wants to build a 10O-foot-high ski hill on the outskirts of town. “I figure this is a good town for children to grow up in. But it’s so damn flat. It would be a lot more pleasant to live on a lake with a recreation area nearby.” Clampton plans to take clay soil from his property on the south edge of town to build the hill. The holes left by the departed dirt will form three interconnecting lakes ranging in size from 12V2 to 151/2 acres, he says. But there’s a problem with the man-made hill. 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